Lawrence Loh, Music Director & Conductor

Performance Details

Violine Superstar Ray Chen

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
7:30 p.m. // Waco Hall
Australian phenom violinist Ray Chen has exploded on social media over the past decade where he has nearly a million fans on Instagram! His creative and hilarious videos have sparked a new generation of music lovers. He is the very definition of a 21st Century classical music superstar. Ray will be joining Maestro Loh and the Waco Symphony to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. Missy Mazzoli’s Sinfonia for Orbiting Spheres features the full orchestra along with a set of harmonicas and, yes you guessed it, a boom box. Prokofiev’s massive Symphony No. 5, written during World War II, will be performed on the second half. It is a symphony inspired by humanity’s pure and noble spirit.

Repertoire

Missy Mazzoli Sinfonia for Orbiting Spheres

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto, , Ray Chen, piano

Sergei Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

Featuring

Lawrence Loh
Music Director and Conductor
Ray Chen
Pianist

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